“Dance Halls or Dance Hells:” Turn-of-the-Century La Crosse Adolescents and Social Reformers Author: Jaeger, Johnathon Date published: 2021 |
| Abstract | Turn-of-the-century La Crosse dance halls became the center of a moral crusade by social reformers, namely the Associated Charities of La Crosse, against adolescents and their leisure. By examining primary sources from The La Crosse Tribune, the City of La Crosse, residents, and even the adolescents themselves, the methods and the views of both the social reformers and the adolescents are unveiled. In the tradition of historians like Kathy Peiss and Ruskin Teeter, I find the ways in which the Progressives of early 20th Century America targeted the adolescent group for reform. This paper acts as an exploration of two narratives about the meaning of adolescence and about La Crosse as a place during the turn of the century. |
| Alternative title | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research |
| UW-La Crosse JUR | |
| Author | Jaeger, Johnathon |
| Contributor | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Undergraduate Research Program |
| Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Sponsor | Beaujot, Ariel |
| Trimmer, Tiffany | |
| Type of resource | text |
| Genre | journal |
| Genre authority | marcgt |
| Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
| Date published | 2021 |
| Date captured | 2022-11-01 |
| Language | eng |
| Width | 8.5 |
| Height | 10.99 |
| Subject topic | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse -- Students -- Research -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | College students -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Journals Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | History Authority: LCSH |
| Note | Published as part of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 24 (2021) |
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| Collection | UWL Journal of Undergraduate Research |
| ID | 3c1bba49-8c02-45b4-b439-dac96b962476/wlacu000/00000013/00000722 |
| Doi | 13-00722 |